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New Castile

American  

noun

  1. a region in central Spain: formerly a province. 27,933 sq. mi. (72,346 sq. km).


New Castile British  

noun

  1. a region and former province of central Spain. Chief town: Toledo

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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New Castile, which was recovered later from the Moors, borders it on the south.

From Time Magazine Archive

In New Castile lies Madrid, like a gem on a rumpled brown cloth.

From Time Magazine Archive

In his garden the first fig tree of New Castile had just borne fruit.

From Time Magazine Archive

New territories were annexed on the south, until, after the capture of Toledo in 1085, and the consequent formation of a New Castile, the kingdom comprised the whole of central Spain.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" by Various

When in 1766 the king was driven from his capital in a riot, he summoned Aranda to Madrid and made him president of the council, and captain-general of New Castile.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4 "Aram, Eugene" to "Arcueil" by Various

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